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- Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger have enjoyed a 60-year friendship and a 40-year partnership at Berkshire Hathaway.
- A mutual contact first introduced the pair in their shared hometown of Omaha in 1959.
- Buffett, with a net worth of $83.1 billion, is the third-richest person in the world; Munger’s net worth is reported at $1.6 billion.
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger never fight.
The pair discussed their working relationship on CNBC in 2018, but their partnership predates this interview by several decades.
With Buffett as Chairman and CEO and Munger as Vice Chairman, the two have run holding company Berkshire Hathaway together since 1978. The company is the world’s fourth-largest public company, and has made Buffett the third-richest man in the world with an estimated net worth of $83.1 billion.
The duo met at a dinner party in their hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, where the two found much in common, including a sense of humor and the fact that they both worked for Buffett’s grandfather at the town supermarket as teenagers.
“The main thing we learned from the grocery store is we didn’t want to work in a grocery store," Buffett told CNBC.
Keep reading for a look through Buffett and Munger’s careers together, from their first days at Berkshire Hathaway to the company’s 50th anniversary.
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger have worked together for 41 years at Buffett’s holding company, Berkshire Hathaway.
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Together, the two have achieved success and respect in the business world.
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Both billionaires hail from Omaha, Nebraska …
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